Finance Business Partner/Analyst

We have an excellent contract job opportunity for a Finance Business Partner/Senior Finance business analyst.

Role overviewThe Finance Business Partner will provide delivery-focused finance and commercial support to the Spend Intelligence project. The purpose of the project is to support procurement decision-making through improved transparency, structure and insight over spend data across client's OpCos.
Contract - 6 months (high potential to extend further)Location - Waterside (UB7 0GB)Hybrid - 3 days on-site per weekPay - attractive daily rate (inside IR35)
Scope and objectivesThe Spend Intelligence project aims to establish a consistent, automated and P&L-reconcilable view of spend to support procurement RFP and tender activity, supplier negotiations and value identification.
The contractor will:

Support the build-out of a robust spend intelligence dataset

Ensure financial integrity and comparability of data across OpCos

Translate finance and procurement requirements into actionable insights

Key accountabilities

Support delivery of the Spend Intelligence workstream under agreed scope, priorities and timelines

Work with Finance, Procurement and OpCos to gather spend, payables and invoice data in a consistent and increasingly automated manner.

Ensure spend data is accurate, comparable and reconcilable to finance actuals

Work closely with the Power BI / Data & Insights team to:

Translate finance and procurement requirements into reporting logic

Validate dashboards, visualisations and summary outputs

Produce clear spend insights and analysis to support:

Procurement RFPs and tenders

Supplier negotiations

Opportunity identification and value cases

Support Finance and Procurement stakeholders in interpreting outputs for decision-making

Operate in line with agreed finance, procurement and data governance frameworks

Key relationships

Business Transform - Finance and Spend Intelligence leads

Procurement teams

OpCo Finance teams

Power BI / Data & Insights teams

Programme and Transformation stakeholders

Skills, qualifications and experience

Strong experience in finance business partnering or commercial finance roles

Experience in spend analysis, cost transparency or procurement-related analytics

Experience collaborating with BI / PowerBI teams

Ability to work with complex, imperfect datasets and impose structure

Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Experience working on projects or programmes within large organisations is desirable.

Qualifications

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) preferred, or equivalent experience

What you need to do now
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